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Ohio CCW certificate requirements (Hamilton County specifically)

This information is being provided to help instructors stay compliant with Ohio Law. If you have specific questions on what is acceptable in a county I suggest contacting the Sheriff’s department directly or the Ohio State Attorney General.

According to the Ohio Attorney General website for a class to be qualify as training in Ohio the certified instructor must meet a few conditions. (pg 4 in CCW manual)

The ability to name, explain, and demonstrate the rules for safe handling of a handgun and proper storage practices for handguns and ammunition;

The ability to demonstrate and explain how to handle ammunition in a safe manner;

The ability to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudenecessary to shoot a handgun in a safe manner;

Gun-handling training.

Additionally, you must have two hours of in-person training, includingrange time and live-fire experience. The applicant also mustcomplete an examination that tests his competency. The test mustinclude a written section on the ability to name and explain the rulesfor the safe handling of a handgun and proper storage practices forhandguns and ammunition. Additionally, the exam must include anin-person physical demonstration of competency on handgun usageand rules for safe handling and storage of a handgun. It also mustrequire a physical demonstration of the attitude necessary to shoota handgun in a safe manner.

Besides the requirements meant above the Sheriff issuing the license will require a few things on the certificate you issue to you students.

For NRA Instructors who will be using their NRA Instructor number on the certificates you should also state on the certificate “This is not an NRA course” to be compliant with NRA policy.

Note: These requirements are subject to change as the legislature changes the law. Making sure your certificates meet the requirements will also keep your students from being inconvenienced because of a paperwork problem.